Boston Dashboard to Help Coordinate Large-Scale Events

According to Information Week, Boston’s Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events was testing a new IBM operations dashboard last Monday, April 15 — the day of the Boston Marathon.

From the Boston call center, CIO Bill Oates and staff members were gathered, keeping an eye on the marathon route and a two-block perimeter. Oates told Information Week the morning of the marathon that they were on hand to get a feel for the dashboard system’s capabilities in order to evaluate its potential for event coordination.

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